The Be AI 6D Framework
Six stages from your first AI question to a business that runs on it, and the loop that keeps it improving.
Every engagement we run, from a half-day workshop to a multi-year transformation, sits somewhere on these six stages. That is how you always know where you are, what comes next, and what it will cost to get there.
The six stages
What happens at each stage, what you receive, and how long it takes
Why a framework at all
A framework is a list of the places AI projects fail, in order, with a name for the work that prevents each one.
AI projects fail in predictable places: a tool bought before the problem was defined, a pilot nobody designed the approval step for, a policy written after the incident, a system nobody was watching. Each of those has a stage whose whole job is to prevent it.
The framework is also how you always know what an engagement will cost. Discover and Define are fixed fee. Design ends with a build plan tight enough to quote. Deploy is quoted per solution. Defend and Develop are monthly. There are no surprises because there is no stage without a price model.
The spine
How the stages, the services and the packages line up
| Stage | What it means | Service page | Package |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Discover | where AI already is | AI Fundamentals | 01 AI Discover |
| 2 Define | where it pays | AI Strategy | 02 AI Strategy |
| 3 Design | the architecture | AI Architecture | 02 AI Strategy |
| 4 Deploy | into real workflows | AI Solutions | 03 AI Build |
| 5 Defend | govern and control | AI Governance | 04 AI Managed |
| 6 Develop | measure and expand | AI Managed | 04 AI Managed |
| All six | one accountable lead | AI Transformation | Programme, quoted by quarter |
Find out which stage your business is at.
Twelve questions, five minutes. The score tells you where you are on the spine and what the next stage is.